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18.72Krishna
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कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा ।कच्चिदज्ञानसंमोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय ॥

kaccid etac chrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā |kaccid ajñānasaṃmohaḥ pranaṣṭas te dhanañjaya ||

कच्चित् · kaccit
whether, I hope
एतत् · etat
this
श्रुतम् · śrutam
heard
पार्थ · pārtha
O Partha
त्वया · tvayā
by you
एकाग्रेण · ekāgreṇa
with one-pointed
चेतसा · cetasā
mind
प्रनष्टः · pranaṣṭaḥ
destroyed
ते · te
your
धनञ्जय · dhanañjaya
O Dhananjaya

Has this been heard by you, O Partha, with one-pointed mind? Has your delusion of ignorance been destroyed, O Dhananjaya?

Original plain-language translation

The teacher's tender examination: did you truly listen, and is the darkness gone? 'One-pointed mind' recalls the whole discipline of yoga — hearing itself is a practice. The question hands the verdict to Arjuna; the next verse is his glad answer, closing the arc from 1.47's collapse.

Reader's notes (original)